Understanding HAPs and TAPs LDEQ Air Toxics Program Bliss M. Higgins, Principal

Understanding HAPs and TAPs
LDEQ Air Toxics Program
Bliss M. Higgins, Principal
ENVIRON International Corporation
October 27, 2010
 Regulatory programs for stationary sources
 HAP
hazardous air pollutants
 TAP
toxic air pollutants
 Brief history, overview and recent developments
Part 61 NESHAP program
Part 63 NESHAP program
Louisiana Toxic Air Pollutant program
 Pointers for complying and consulting
Pre-Quiz
 Who was the US President in 1970?
 Who was the Governor of Louisiana in 1989?
 Who was the US President in 1990?
 When was the first Toxics Release Inventory report released
to the public?
 What was the first MACT standard?
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 What is the HON?
 Who was Gus Von Bodungen?
 What is an ample margin of safety?
 What is the TTN?
What are NESHAP?
 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants
 40 CFR Part 61 NESHAP
Older standards, mostly pre-1990
Major vs. area source distinction NOT relevant
 40 CFR Part 63 NESHAP
Post-1990 Clean Air Act Amendments
Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT)
Generally Available Control Technology (GACT)
Residual Risk Standards
History of federal HAP program
 1970
National Environmental Protection Act, January 1
First Earth Day, April 22
Creation of US EPA, December 2
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970
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First list pollutant as a HAP, then regulate emissions
EPA successful at regulating 7 HAP in 20 years
Radionuclides, inorganic arsenic, mercury, beryllium, asbestos,
vinyl chloride, benzene
Proliferation of State air toxics programs
 1989 Benzene NESHAP ruling
Ample margin of safety
Part 61 NESHAP highlights
 Subpart F
Vinyl chloride
Covers EDC, VC and PVC plants
1976 rule later adopted as MACT
Currently under review
 Subpart M
Asbestos
 Subparts J and V
 Subparts Y and BB
 Subpart FF
Equipment Leaks
Benzene Storage and Transfer
Benzene Waste Operations, 1990
History of federal HAP program
 1990
Clean Air Act Amendments
Title III, revised Section 112 of Title I of CAA
 112(b) HAP List
189 HAP, now 187
 112(d) Emission Standards
Major and area sources
Source categories
MACT and GACT
 Much more
Federal HAP List
 Section 112(b) List of 189 HAP
EPA can add or delete
Public can petition for revisions
 Revisions to the initial list
H 2S
Caprolactum delisted 1996
Glycol ethers category
Redefined in 2000 (surfactant alcohol ethoxylates)
Revised in 2004 (EGBE)
Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK)
 Now 187 HAP
delisted in 2005
What is a HAP?
A pollutant that presents, or may present a threat of
 adverse human health effects, including
Carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic, neurotoxic,
reproductive dysfunction, acutely or chronically toxic
 Or adverse environmental effects
 by inhalation or other route of exposure
 by ambient concentrations, bioaccumulation,
deposition or otherwise
 Not a criteria pollutant, but can be a precursor or a
pollutant in a class listed as criteria pollutant
Federal HAP Sources
 Major source based on potential to emit
10 tpy single HAP or
25 tpy combined HAP
 Area source
- 112(a) definition
 Source categories and subcategories
Initial list in 1992
As listed by EPA, see
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/socatlst/socatpg.html
Post-1990 Federal NESHAP
 Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT)
Considering cost, non-air quality health and
environmental impacts and energy requirements
 New source MACT not less stringent than
 Existing source MACT not less stringent than
performing 12 percent (or 5 if <30) of the existing
Post-1990 NESHAP
 MACT standard is required for all major source
categories and subcategories
 Generally available control technology (GACT)
An alternative to MACT, allowed for area sources only
 CAA required all 112(d) standards within 10 years
41 within 2 years
25% within 4 years
+ 25% within 7 years
100% within 10 years
 112(j)
MACT hammer
If EPA fails to promulgate within 18 months of schedule
All sources in the source category
 112(f)
Residual Risk
Assess risk remaining after MACT
must provide ample margin of safety if risk >10-6
 112(k)
Urban Air Toxics Strategy
Address sources emitting 30 HAP creating greatest risk
 112(d)
Review and revise
EPA must review standards every 8 years
 112(g)
Case-by-case MACT
If construct a new major source and 112(d) MACT not
established
Part 63 NESHAP highlights
 Coke ovens
first MACT, October 1993
 Subpart A, General Provisions
 Hazardous Organic NESHAP (HON)
SOCMI plus certain other processes
Reg-neg for equipment leaks
Subparts F, G, H and I
 Cluster Rule for Pulp and Paper
Combined MACT and Effluent standards in one
rulemaking
MACT I, II and III
Part 63 NESHAP
 Generic MACT
An alternative methodology for making MACT
determinations
Subpart YY
Carbon black, hydrogen flouride, ethylene production
 Miscellaneous Organic NESHAP (MON)
 Many other MACT standards
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/mactfnlalph.html
 ~ 70 area source categories
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/area/arearules.html
Residual Risk and Technology
Reviews
 Completed 16 reviews
 October 2010 Proposal
Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing;
Group I Polymers and Resins;
Marine Tank Vessel Loading Operations;
Pharmaceuticals Production;
The Printing and Publishing Industry; and
Steel Pickling--HCl Process Facilities and Hydrochloric
Acid Regeneration Plants
Residual Risk and Technology
Reviews
 September 2010 Consent Decree schedule
7 Bins, 2010 - 2018
 EPA uses National Emissions Inventory (NEI) to
model risk
 Section 114 ICRs precede RR&T review
 Errors or misinformation in NEI and ICR responses
carry over to risk analysis and MACT review
 http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/rrisk/rtrpg.html
Louisiana Air Toxics Program
History
 Act 184 of 1989
Louisiana Comprehensive Toxic Air Pollutant Emission
Control Program
Spurred by release of first TRI report release
Goal of 50% reduction in toxics statewide from 1987
levels by December 31, 1994
 LDEQ formed Advisory Committee for rule
development
Industry, small business, environmental groups
Initial rule proposal November 1990
Led to statutory revisions and reproposal
Chapter 51
 LAC 33:III.Chapter 51 adopted December 1991
 Applies to new and existing major sources
 Major source
Tracks federal definition
Emits or has potential to emit 10 tpy single TAP or 25 tpy
combined TAPs
Chapter 51 List of TAP
 ~100 pollutants on initial list (1991)
Covered >99% of Louisiana TRI emissions
 Established Ambient Air Standard for each TAP
 3 Classes based on toxic effects
Class I known and probable human carcinogens
Class II suspected human carcinogens and known or
suspected human reproductive toxins
Class III acute and chronic (non-carcinogenic) toxins
 Included 13 TAPs not on HAP list
Now 14 with MEK
TAPs not on HAP list
 Ammonia
 Hydrogen sulfide
 Barium and compounds  Methyl ethyl ketone
 N-butyl alcohol
 Nitric acid
 Chlorine dioxide
 Pyridine
 Copper and compounds  Sulfuric acid
 Diaminotoluene
 Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate
 2,6-dinitrotoluene
 Zinc and compounds
Chapter 51 List of TAP
 Adopted supplemental list in 1992 to include all
federal HAP
No MER or Ambient Air Standards
Reporting only
 LDEQ required to review list and AAS every three
years and revise list as needed
Substantive Requirements
 Annual emissions reporting and fees
TEDI not incorporated in ERIC
 Case-by-case MACT determinations for all Class I
and Class II TAP
 Compliance with AAS for all TAP
 Initial compliance certifications or compliance plans
were submitted December 20, 1992
Note HON proposed December 31, 1992
 Compliance reviews through permitting for ongoing
construction and modifications
 Public notice and comment
Chapter 51 Applicability Triggers
 Applies on a pollutant basis
Different from federal source category approach
 Minimum Emission Rate (MER) for each TAP
Pounds per year, facility wide
Triggers applicability of MACT and AAS
Set by worst case modeling at 1 in a Million risk levels
 If PTE >MER, must meet MACT and AAS
 Ambient Air Standards set at 1 in 10,000 risk level
 MER and AAS mirror federal ample margin of
safety
Chapter 51 Compliance
 Each existing major source required to submit
certification of compliance or compliance plan and
schedule for MACT and AAS
 Case-by-case MACT determinations
 Some negotiated MACT by category
Non-HON Equipment Leaks
LA Refinery MACT
 LDEQ review and approval, public notice
 Compliance required by December 1996
Significant differences in state
and federal program
Louisiana Program:
EPA Program:
 Pollutant specific, case-  Source category MACT
by-case review
by rule
 Technology and risk
review combined
 Risk review follows
MACT by 8 years
 Promulgated AAS
 No AAS
Incorporation by Reference
 Chapter 51 Subchapters B and C
Part 61 NESHAP
Part 63 NESHAP as applicable to major sources
Updated annually
Modifications and exceptions noted
 Chapter 53 Subchapter B
Part 63 NESHAP as applicable to area sources
Updated annually
Modifications and exceptions noted
 See also Chapter 53 Subchapter A
Annual emissions reporting for area sources
December 2007 Updates to
Louisiana Air Toxics Program
 Deletion of obsolete language from initial program
implementation
 Compliance with applicable Part 63 standard
constitutes compliance with MACT
 Exemption from SOP requirement if complying with
Part 63 MACT
 Clarification/expansion of exemption for virgin
fossil fuel combustion
 Unqualified exemption for electric utilities
Act 103 of 2010 Updates
 Compliance with Part 61 or Part 63 standard
constitutes compliance with Louisiana air toxics
program for the NESHAP affected source
 Ambient air standards still apply
do not apply to roads, railroads, or water bodies where
activities are transient in nature and long-term exposure is
not reasonably anticipated
do not apply to adjacent or impacted industrial sources,
provided not causing OSHA standard exceedance
 Emissions reporting and fees still apply
Questions?